[Ads-l] origin of the term "coronavirus"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Iuventus loquitur:

BRADY SLUDER, SPRING-BREAKER FROM OHIO, SAYING:

"If I get corona, I get corona. At the end of the day, I'm not going to let
it stop me from partying."

(Morbus, non cervisia.)


JL









On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 6:02 PM Arnold M. Zwicky <zwicky at stanford.edu>
wrote:

> > On Mar 17, 2020, at 1:33 PM, Peter Reitan <pjreitan at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
> > A more conspiratorial "theory" based on two coincidences sees "corona"
> as an anagram of "racoon," which connects it to some video game which
> feature racoon conbected to a logo similar to the logo of the bio lab in
> Wuhan.  Jump down the rabbit hole here:
> >
> https://freegametips.com/resident-evil-fans-connect-coronavirus-racoon-city/amp/
>
> oh, this scarcely scratches the surface of dark conspiracies.  a Facebook
> posting of mine an hour or so ago:
>
> ...
> Look to the numbers. The numerical value of CORONA is 66, which is of
> course Satanic. Meanwhile, the value of COVID is 53, the atomic number of
> iodine, and 19 is the atomic number of potassium, so that COVID-19 is
> potassium iodide, which protects the thyroid gland from the baleful effects
> of radioactive iodine. So it all hangs together: the virus will bring with
> it great Satanic blasts of radiation, scouring the earth of human life. It
> is all foretold.
> ...
>
> arnold
>
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